In New York City, an afternoon fire broke out in Pell Street and quickly spread to destroy completely two five-story buildings and damaged several others. Occupants were able to flee safely but one man was injured in the collapse of a wall as firemen fought the blaze. The fire began in the machinery of a textile manufacturing business and damages totaled around $30,000. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Francis Vincent, Vincent's Semi-Annual United States Register.... 1st of January and 1st of July, 1860 (Philadelphia: Francis Vincent, 1860), 337.